Curtain-fixture.



- 'PATENTED SEPT. 22, 1903.

J. M. MAYS.

CURTAIN FIXTURE. APPLICATION FILED mm 10. 190.3.

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519EGIFICATiJIQIN' forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 739,554, dated September 22, 1903.

Application filed June 10,

State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-v Fixtures, of which the following is a specifimounted therein.

cation, reference being bad therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certainnew and useful improvements in curtain-brackets,and more particularly to the class which is employed to support lace curtains and the like; and it is the object of my invention to provide a curtain-bracket wherein the curtain may be mounted, a suitable shield being provided to incase the upper end of the curtain, whereby the supporting means is hidden from view.

vide a curtain-bracket which will present a neat and attractive appearance and in no way mar the framework of the window when the same is attached thereto.

A still further object is to provide a curtain-bracket which will be extremely simple in construction; strong and durable, and highly efficient in use.

Briefly described, my invention comprises a bracket or shield which is supported upon the top of a window-frame, and in said bracket or shield is mounted a wire, upon which the hooks supporting the curtain are slidably mounted.

In describing the invention in detail reference is bad to the accompanying drawings,

forming a part of this s pecification,and wherein like numerals of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views,in which-- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a windowframe, showing my improved bracket in position thereon, a portion of the bracket being broken away to show the rod Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of the bracket. Fig. 3 is a sectional View thereof.-

To put my invention into practice, I provide a bracket or shield 1, which comprises a front wall 2 and a horizontal partition 3, said partition being adapted to brace the front wall 2, and when the bracket is placed upon A further object arm invention is to prodrawings.) The curtain may be supported upon the Serial a. 160,814. (No model.)

the window-frame the rear side of this partition is adapted to rest upon the top edge of the window-frame, as indicated at 4, and in order to secure the same thereon an aperture 51s formed in the partition 3, in which is adapted to be seated a pin 6, which is driven into the top edge of the window-frame. While I have shown this means of securing the bracket to the window-frame, it is obvious thatany desired means may be employed.

The shield or bracket 1 is preferably oblong in shape and is made to conform to the width 'by the front wall will be normally held in vertical alinement with the partition 3. To the under face of this partition I secure a plurality of eyes or hooks 11, throughwhich passes a wire 12, the ends of said wire conforming to the shape of the ends of the bracket, and secured upon saidv wire by anysuitable means I support the curtain. (Not shown in the wire, as heretofore stated, by any desired means, and in the drawings I have shown a hook 14, which is attached to the curtains, the upper end of the hook, as indicated at 15, passing over the wire 12 and adjustable thereon. This hook comprises a shank portion 15 and a side member 16, which is bent inwardly 'at right angles, as indicated at l7, and then downwardly, as indicated at 18. When it is desired to attach the hook to the curtain, the members 15 and 16 are forced together, whereby the downwardly-extending portion 18 is forced outwardly from engagement with member 15, whereby the curtain may be secured therebetween. The'sehooks are preferably made of some spring material, whereby the closed position, as illustrated in Fig. 3 of the book, will be its normalposition. It will be noted that the front wall of my improved curtain-bracket may be made of any material, and, as illustrated in the drawings, the same represents a bracket as being made of wood upon which the moldings and cornices have been pressed, and in the use of this material it will be seen that the bracket may be made to present a neat appearance.

It will furtherbe noted thativarious changes may be made in the details of construction without departing from the general spirit of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A curtain-bracket comprising an oblong casing, a partition mounted in said casing, a wire secured upon the partition, said wire being mounted to conform to the contour of the casing, hooks adjustably mounted upon said Wire, said hooks adapted to support the curtain, and means for supporting and securing the bracket to the framework of a window, substantially as described.

2. A curtain-bracket comprising an oblong casing, a partition mounted in said casing, a wire secured upon the partition, said wire being mounted to conform to the contour of the casing, hooks adj ustably mounted upon said wire, said hooks adapted to support the curtain, said partition having a plurality of apertures formed therein, said apertures adapted to engage pins carried by the upper edge of a window frame, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES M. MAYS.

Witnesses:

E. J. BECHDEL, K. H. BUTLEN. 

